C H A P4. Epiffle ta the 7"heffälonians. V a R. 3. 263 howbeit, it mutt be granted, particular a quitie of cue- ry prefcript is not to vs apparent. Our people,muf} hau& equity fhowne in euery prefcription; elfc fee they no ne- cefhty of obedience. No equity appeares to them in Chrifts precept, % to lend freely ; no reafon the borrower fhould haue benefit by their money, they none by his labor,But ifChrift fay, Lendfree /1, it is fafefttocaptivate thy thoughts to the obedience of Chrifl. Y ` Proue what is the acceptable will of God; that once ynderf}ood, obedience better befeemes thee, then curious inquifîtion. , There are with whom the ancient inquiry is frequent, Cuibono ,z What profit isittoferste the Lord ? Fitt}, It is enough we haue confcientiamrreitèfeClone. Secondly, yet truest is, no man (cruet. God for nought. Thirdly, and why (hould it not fuffice vs,that the Lord wits and com- mands it ? when as in his inipofitions he intends,1 not hid but our benefit. Ima eniin voluit Deus fibi ab homineferuiri, vt ea feruitute non Deus , fed homo feruiens iasuaretur, Lom- bard. x Luke6.3 f. y Rom it. s, z,íntal.3.r4. a jolatz. V E R S. 3.4.5. That you fborold abflaine from fornication. That euery one ofyou¡hould know how topoffefe his veffellin holine fe and honour. e.-Ind not in the loft of cone apifcence, csaen as the Gentiles which know not God. E general! matter of proficiency thus rte! fi. :d explained, the llpofile defcenàs to par - titulars of duty, comprifed vndcr that whole of Sanftitic; leading the people a along fundry the commandemenrs,whcr- in of lik elihood he raw them moll, either dcfefliue, or endangered. Like wifedorae in particularizing. generals of our doctrines S 4 and 4 e
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